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June 1 1926.

H. FRANKEL COMBINATION GARMENT FOR FEMININE WEAR O i i l Filed Jan. 22., 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY June 1 1926.

H. FRANKEL COMBINATION GARMENT FOR FEMININE WEAR 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Jan. 22,

INVENTOR. firm/5 M ATTORNEY Reiaaued June 1, 1926.

. UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE...

HERBERT FBANKEL, OF NEW YORK, H. Y., ASSIGNOBP'IO CORSET COI PAHY,

nm, 01' NEW YORK, H. Y.

column-tort GARMENT FOB/,5 wm

ori in l 10. 1,545,245,

dated Jul 1, 1025, Serial n. 3,932, fled 'Ianuary 22, 1025. Application to:

reissue fled September 19, 1825. Serial No. 57,478.

The object of my invention is to afford a unitary combination and arrangement of step in corset and brassiere whereby the brassiere section or portion of the garment 5 is detachably secured to the corset portion thereof, so, as to facilitate change for cleaning, re lacement, or substitution, etc, substantia y in the manner hereinafter set forth,-'the invention consisting in the specific formation and construction of parts described and claimed whereb 1. these and other advantageous results are at ained.

In the accompanying drawings I illustrate a practical embodimentof the essential features of my improvements in a combination rment of the character designated, al-

t ough I tical configuration and construction of component parts and appurtenances shown by way of exemplification, since changes in form and make of minor details, and uivalent expedients may be resorted to wit like results, and without departing from the spirit and ith this understanding Fi 1,-represents a rspective view of the rassiere section 0 the garment, de-

- tached; v 7 Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the corset section of the garment, detached;

intent of my invention in this Fig. 3, a pers tive 'view of the unitary combination of t e two said sections of the garment;

Fig.4,is a detail sectiontaken upon plane of line 4-4, Fig. 3, through the conjunctiva portion only of the front of the garment.

I am aware been made with brasiere portions permanently incorporated therewith, and the novelty 1n the present v tial in so constructing both the corset and thebrassiere that they can be conveniently. but detachably connected in such manner as u to constitute a single unitary rment, or separated for any purpose desi as for the cleaning or renovation of the brassiere, the

substitution ofa new one, or one of a different trim or color, to suit requirements, or

the reference of the user.

us, under previous conditions, as in' the case of the permanent attachment between corset and brassiere referred to if it became- .desirable to wash the brassiere portion 0 do not restrict myself to the idenwith the usual elastic resilient side inserts case, being the formation of the corset body that heretofore corsets have instancev consists essen of a front panel f edges are formed to overlap, an

the garment, which is more or less exposed in use and has a tendency to become soiled alon its upper edge and shoulder stra s, it has een necessary to tightly hold the ower or corset portion of the garment during the cleansing process, a difiicult and troublesome operation, or to resort to scissors or equivalent means for the urpose of severing the stitching by which the parts were originally and integrally united to form a unitary brassiere-trimmed corset, thus involving the reuniting of the component parts of the gar- ,ment by subsequent machine or hand stitching, or the discardin of the garment in its entlrety and the pure use of a new one. I

I have herein shown the lower or corset ortion C, of my combination'g'arment as of the well known continuous or etc -in type, although it may. be of the side 00k or any otherstructure preferred, provided- 75. e,"c, the stifieners c, c, 'and the I ndent garters c, c, and otherwise form in accordance with custom in this and other respects, a new feature however, in the present with front and rear upper extensions '0", a, into which the stifleners 0', 0'3 extend, as indlcatedby dotted lines particularly in Fig. 2, of the drawings. These reinforced extensions-c, e, perform a double function in that they not only constitute side walls for the pocket grooves c", c, in which the copulatlve means are encased when the two sections of the arment are united, as in Fig. 3, but also, a 0rd support for the adjacent portions of the body-of the wearer, and distribute the strain or tension-incidental to the connective junction between the two parts of theunitary garment, as worn.

The connective means provided for detachably uniting the corset section C and the brassiere section B, may consist of hooksv V k, and eyes a, shown in the or v of snap hooks or other suitable or well known mechanical equivalents, as may be preferred or found most expedient. dr'lhe brsBssiere sefctio'n liifishtciiwn insitgg aw ngs way 0 exemp ca on-con y b and a rear panel b, united y the s eu e r ps b whe made in two parts, illustrate more;particularly in Figi'l, of the drawm the side provided the front and rear with series of interlocking devices, as the hooks h,--and eyes 6', or equivalent desirable fastenings; and the front and rear lower edges of each panel are provided with means for attachment to the upper edges of the corset, as by eyes e, engageable with books k,

on the corset, it being understood that an alternative arrangement of interlocking means may be resorted to if preferred, in that the hooks h, might be positioned on the brassiere and the eyes e, on the corset, or that equivalent interlocking means might be substituted in lieu of the hooks and eyes, as for instance snap hooks, buttons and button holes, or any other expedient, with substantially like results.

y In Fig. 2, the upper front edge of the corset is represented as turned back in part to show the pocket groove 0, formed, as here- ,my combination garment is the fact that the bramiere may be speedily and easily removed from the corset, washed, ironed, and laundered, or treated in any ,way desired, and then replaced on the corset without affecting or injuring the latter in any manner whatsoever,ora substitution of brassiere efiected when necessary or desirable.

Other incidental advantages are, that the brassiere may be detached and not used in hot weather, or when dcollet evening gown 1s worn.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combination garment of the character described, comprising a corset section and a brassiere section, and means for detachably uniting said component parts, the corset section being formed with front and rear upward extensions forming with the overlying portion of the corset frontand rear pockets for the said uniting means.

2. A combination garment of the character described, comprising a corset section and a brassiere section, and means for detachably uniting said component parts, the corset section being formed with a front upward extension forming with the coinciding overlapping portion of the corset a front pocket for detachable uniting means.

3. A combination garment of the character described, comprising a corset section and a brassiere section, and means for de-' tachably uniting said component parts, the corset section being formed with a rear upward extension forming with the coinciding overlapping portion of the corset a rear pocket for detachable uniting means.

4. A combination garment of the character described, comprising a corset section and a brassiere section, and means for detachablv uniting s'aidcomponent parts, the corset section being formed with an upward extension forming with the coinciding overlapping portion of the corset a pocket for detachable uniting means.

HERBERT FRANKEL. v 

